Car and railway switch.



PATENTBD MAR. 26, 1907.

F. S. GALLUP, G. SHANAHAN & F. L. 65 J. N. GALLUP.

CAR AND RAILWAY SWITCH.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG.Q,1H06.

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@vihwaua UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FLOYD S. GALLUP, CHARLES SHANAHAN, FREDERICK L] GALLUP, AND JOHN N.GALLUP, OF HANCOCK, IOWA.

CAR AND RAILWAY SWITCH.

L'atented lVLarc'n 26, l9b7.

Application filed August 9, 1906. Serial No. 329,948-

To (1,71 Tull/077W it Hui/y concern:

Be it known that we, FLOYD S. GALLUP, CHARLES SHANAI-IAN, FREDERICK L.GALLUP, and JoiIN N. GALLUP, citizens of the United States, residing atHancock, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented. a new and useful Car and Railway Switch; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inrailway-switches; and its most essential object is to provide a deviceof this character comprising means fixed upon the bottom of the car,adjacent the forward end thereof, consisting of a springpressed bolthaving a rearwardly-curved lower end adapted when downwardly pressed tooperate the switch-block, which in turn operates the point-rails of theswitch.

A car and railway switch equipped with this invention allows themotorman to throw the switch without leaving the car and at the sametime allowing him to give his full at tention 'to the power and brake,obviating the necessity of stopping the car for the purpose of throwingthe switch with an iron bar.

Furthermore, the invention is simple in construction and very efficientand when manufactured in accordance with the showing ofthe drawingsaccompanying this specification may be easily adapted in practice.

This invention, as shown, is applied to 'a street-railway, but may beadapted to others as well without deviating from the invention.

This invention comprises, further, objects and combinations of elements,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and

shown in the accompanying drawings, and the novelfeatures thereof willbe particularly pointed out by the appended claims.

To attain a full and correctunderstanding of the'details of constructionand combination offeatures, elements, and advantages,

reference is to be had to the hereinafter-setforth description, inconnection with the ac companying drawings, wherein Flgure 1 1s a sideelevation of a car, showing the switch-operating mechanism upon thebottom thereof. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the switch-operatingmechanism. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a switch equipped with which isembedded in the concrete in the cen' ter of the rails. This bed-plateforms a perfect smooth surface upon which the switchblock is adapted tohave pivotal movement-- that is, when a spring-pressed bolt is operated,causing the switch-block to be operated. This switch is never at anytime lying parallel with the rails, but is always upon an angle whichwill either allow the switch to be opened or closed, allowing the car totravel either straight ahead or indirection at angles thereto. One endof the switch-block is tapered, as shown at 6. This is for the purposeof allowing the spring-actuated bolt, which is provided with a recess19, to easily receive the rib 20 of the switch-block for throwing thepoint-rails.

The means for operating the switch-block comprises a cylinder 7, securedto the bottom of the car, having a presser-bolt 8 mounted therein, whichis provided with a may happen to be in the p ath of the appro achin car.

l EXtending transversely of the presser-bolt is a pin 12, between whichand the bottom of the cylinder a helical spring 13 is interposed whichis for the purpose of throwing the bolt back to normal position, asshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The cylinder is braced by a suitable bracerod 14, one end of which issecured, as at 15, to the cylinder and the other secured, as at 16, tothe bottom of the car, as shown in the.

drawings. This brace-rod is also braced by nels 24 upon each side of thecasing 18 and is provided with link-latches 25, havingdownwardlyextending portions 26, which are adapted to engage ordisengage the recesses 27 of the point-rails 1, so as to allow for theready insertion or removal of the said point rails for cleaning purposesor to allow the old point-rails to be replaced by new ones, as will bereadily observed.

From the foregoing the essential features and elements and the operationof the device, together with the simplicity thereof, will be plainlyobserved and when manufactured in accordance with the invention aninexpensive market will be obtained therefor.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new anduseful by the protection of Letters Patent is 1. In combination with aswitch, comprising the point-rails, a switch-block, a bed platetherefor, a casing u on which the bedplate rests, said switchlock havinga de- 1pending lug extending into said casing and aving a lateralmovement therein, said lug having a slot, a rod fulcrumed therein theends of which rod having means for engaging or disengaging thepoint-rails.

2. In combination with a switch, comprising the usual point-rails, aswitch-block, a bed-plate therefor, a spring-actuated presserbolt havinga recess for throwing the switch block, a casing upon which the bedplaterests, said switch-block having a depending lug extending into saidcasing and having a lateral movement therein, said switch-block alsohaving a longitudinal tapering rib to be received by the recess of thepresser-bolt, said lug having a slot therein, a rod fulcrumed therein,the ends of which rod having link-latches for engaging or disengagingthe oi11t-rails, having recesses to receive said link-latches.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FLOYD S. GALLUP. CHARLES SHANAHAN. FREDERICK L. GALLUP. JOHN N. GALLUP.Witnesses:

OHIO Knox, BETTA DOOLITTLE.

